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Color Options from American Patchwork & Quilting August 2009

We know you love the projects that appear in American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. We took inspiration from projects printed in the magazine and created web-exclusive versions, complete with full instructions.

Royal Order Color Option

Rail Fence & Stars

Reverse the placement of lights and darks, by using chocolate brown stars in pieced cream backgrounds from Mary's Chocolates by Mary Koval for Blank Quilting. A blue ombré inner border and red print stars in the sashing pick up flecks of blue and red sprinkled throughout many of the brown prints.

Uncommon Beauty

Four-Patch units in a Nine-Patch arrangement are the focus of this antique quilt. The unknown quiltmaker wisely chose to fold under and hand-stitch the outer edges—an easier finish than working binding around myriad points.

Uncommon Beauty Color Option

Prism-Edge Table Topper

Make a one-block table topper that has an intricate ice cream border. Using the Traditions of Redwork, Blackwork, Indigo collection by Henry Glass & Co. resulted in a graphic two-color quilt with just a hint of red.

One Fine Way

One Fine Way Color Option

Fast Flowers Appliqué

Need a faux headboard for a little girl’s twin bed? Make three blocks, arrange them in a horizontal row, and add borders to make a cute-as-can-be wall hanging that would look adorable above a bed. Fabrics are from the Juliana collection by Sue Zipkin for Clothworks.

Rhythm & Blues Color Option

1930s Inspired Table Topper

Give a new quilt old-fashioned appeal by combining 1930s prints from the Momma’s Apron Strings collection by RJR Fabrics and Hints of Prints 4 by Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufman Fabrics. The light areas are great for showcasing quilting designs.

Baby Talk Color Option

Big Print Wall Hanging

A bright and bold wall hanging mixes graphic prints from the Del Hi collection by Valori Wells for FreeSpirit. Turning two of the identical blocks 90 degrees (the upper right and lower left) creates the effect of a kaleidoscope that seems to shape-shift before your eyes.

Tile Style Color Option

Easy Floral Wall Hanging

Sophisticated florals peek through a trellis of cream and green tone-on-tones in this wall hanging. The uneven weave in the Laurel Cottage collection by Marianne Elizabeth for Benartex gives the fabrics the look of linen. Look for a curvy quilting pattern to both echo the scrolls in some of the prints and reiterate the pieced green “circular” shapes.

Dot to Dot Color Option

Dinosaur Baby Quilt

In just a day you can stitch up this whimsical quilt for a budding paleontologist. A dash of black and white unify bright prints from Marble Mania by Patrick Lose and I Dig Dinos! by Lloyds & Barton, both for Timeless Treasures.

Steeped in Tradition Color Option

Asian-Inspired Wall Hanging

Plates and flatware are turned into graphic patterns in the Lizzy Dish collection by Elizabeth House for Andover Fabrics. Pair the funky fabrics, along with Dimples tone-on-tones, also from Andover, in this 34-1/2x40-1/2” wall hanging.